erotica
Huh. Can you really have a vampire slayer character in your published novel named "Blaire Winters" who is otherwise identical in appearance, personality, and behavior to Buffy Summers? Can you then give her a friend who is an academic redhead, frequently wears sweaters, and has a slightly jewish name? I am utterly unashaimed that I read trashy novels the way some people watch reality TV. But I...didn't think you could legally just do that? I think it was Isaac Asimov who said that great science fiction is about asking "What if?" and making an honest attempt to figure it out. The book I'm currently reading asks "What if the female protagonists of Buffy: The Vampire Slayer had slightly different names and were all college kids and I could have sex with them?" It then explores every aspect of this important question at length. To be fair, I can't say I'm entirely uninterested in the answer. I just didn't think you could get this close to being self-insert fanfic and still publish your series of three books, even having a professionally narrated audiobook. It's actually really impressive seeing just how much the author can "borrow" without ever mentioning or name-dropping anything from the original source, or that might risk some kind of trademark or IP violation.
